mire

About 0.69 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.
2. noun A bog or fen; a peatland which is actively forming peat, such as an active bog or fen.
3. noun An undesirable situation; a predicament.
4. verb To cause or permit to become stuck in mud; to plunge or fix in mud.

   to mire a horse or wagon

5. verb To sink into mud.
6. verb To weigh down.
7. verb To soil with mud or foul matter.
8. noun An ant.

Similar words

quagmire morass muck entangle bog down muck up mud get stuck marshland marsh

Often followed by

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Word family

mired mires mirier miriest miring miry